Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22562386)

Apropos of datlas's cleaning out of his Dad's storage space - when Mrs. GJ got back from SoCal the other day, she brought with her a baggie of various jewelry, which she'd offered to help her friend's family determine the value of. The baggie contained 6 watches, of which 2 were solid 14kt gold, and the other 4 were just trash. Three rings - again, 2 14kt, and one just trash. Some cufflinks with no hallmarks, but I think one pair might have been solid gold, one solid silver, and the other 2 pair just trash.

This is what happens - folks have some valuable pieces among a lot of crap. They knew what was good and what was crap, but then they got old and dotty and/or died, and to the kids it's all just "Mom and Dad's stuff", and often they'll practically give it away, either with a garage/estate sale, or to someone who will offer a single price for the lot. Talking with other watch collectors, you'd find some folks who'd say they were building the collection to leave it to their kids. But you know, kids don't care about or understand their parents' collections of anything. It ends up being stuff to get rid off after they die. I suppose I should not complain, since this is how I got a lot of my watches for so cheap - Dad or Granddad wore them for years but then maybe they stopped working and they couldn't be bothered to get them fixed, and they could get a new watch that kept better time for less than the cost of fixing the old one, so it goes in a drawer, and decades later - well see the first paragraph.

Originally Posted by SoSmellyAir (Post 22562455)

Sadly, this might be how my family views my small but growing collection of bikes (and bike components).

Originally Posted by seedsbelize2 (Post 22562460)

And now, yard work commences. No power tools involved.

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22562468)

So, like acoustic music, or traditional archery.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize2 (Post 22562453)

Back before she died, my Mom gave my sister a gold ring, a present from Dad. Many years later sis takes it in to be resized, and it can't be done. Worthless crap.

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Originally Posted by SoSmellyAir (Post 22562455)

Sadly, this might be how my family views my small but growing collection of bikes (and bike components).

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22562512)

I told mrs datlas that if I unexpectedly pass, to offer all my bike schwag to my cycling friends who I expect will put it to good use.

#payitforward

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22562534)

In the last 10 minutes I killed a tiger mosquito that was about to bite me and a spotted lantern fly nymph.

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22562434)

Mr. B, the 26 lb. Philly cat seen here, has died. By all accounts he had a good life after being adopted in 2019.

https://www.morrisanimalrefuge.org/news/mr-b-the-chonk

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22562541)

Dangerous environment.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22562512)

I told mrs datlas that if I unexpectedly pass, to offer all my bike schwag to my cycling friends who I expect will put it to good use.

#payitforward

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22562512)

I told mrs datlas that if I unexpectedly pass, to offer all my bike schwag to my cycling friends who I expect will put it to good use.

#payitforward

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22562512)

I told mrs datlas that if I unexpectedly pass, to offer all my bike schwag to my cycling friends who I expect will put it to good use.

#payitforward

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 22562665)

Time to vent - apologies.

I mean, I know that my BIL is aggressively lazy, but muther ****. :mad:

The AC stopped working effectively overnight and my MIL asked him to check it out first thing in the morning. Before leaving for the day, I changed out the air filter, which still had my handwriting on it from when I changed it out... in Aug 2021.

We (wife and I and the kids) just got back from a day of being out and about on vacation to find the lazy **** laying on the couch, per usual. "Well, the fan's not spinning outside. I haven't checked the fuse out there, yet."

Why. The ****. Not? It's July in VA, you moron.

It took me 30 seconds to confirm that there is no ******g fuse and then another 60 seconds for my wife to call the heating/cooling company to find out that, hey - it's now after 5:00 and effectively the 4th, maybe we'll get back to you on Tuesday.

Lazy ******g ****.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22562512)

I told mrs datlas that if I unexpectedly pass, to offer all my bike schwag to my cycling friends who I expect will put it to good use.

#payitforward

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22562732)

I’m confused. Did someone steal the fuse? It sounds like it was working until last night.

And damn! He hasn’t changed the filter in nearly a year? If I go 90 days in summer or winter the thing is dark gray.

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22562732)

I’m confused. Did someone steal the fuse? It sounds like it was working until last night.

And damn! He hasn’t changed the filter in nearly a year? If I go 90 days in summer or winter the thing is dark gray.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 22562739)

No, no - there was no fuse in the circuit in the first place. He just assumed that there was and didn't check and didn't call anyone, either.

When I changed that filter in August, it had been more than a year and a half since it had been changed. The intake was audibly groaning from the load, but he never noticed. :rolleyes: